Printed Circuit Boards: From Prototypes to the ‘Mother of Electronic Products’
1. The Birth and Evolution of PCBs Prototype Stage (1903–1940) In 1903, German engineer Albert Hanson created “circuits” by sandwiching metal foil between wax paper in telephone switchboards, considered the earliest concept of “inter-layer interconnection.” In 1925, Frenchman Charles Ducas used templates to print conductive ink, proposing the concept of “printed wiring” for the first … Read more